Fierce Lab

On this episode of Fierce Lab, Tara talks with Donna Letier, the co-founder and CEO of Gardenuity, a wellness company that offers personalized indoor and outdoor garden kits. Donna explains how gardening helps improve mental, physical, and social health, discusses the value of habit stacking, and gives insight into how companies are taking a more holistic approach to the health of their employees...

In this episode of Fierce Lab, Tara talks with Jennifer Barrett, Head of Content at Fidelity Investments and author of the book Think Like a Breadwinner: A Wealth Building Manifesto for Women Who Want to Earn More and Worry Less. Jennifer discusses what it means to think like a breadwinner and explores differences in how parents teach kids about money, how credit and investing are viewed, what hap...

In this podcast episode, she and Tara dive into the 3 Rs of career: risk, rejection and reward. Sade started with an early opportunity at Kohl's as a Business Analyst. After business school at NYU, a stint at Groupon, a Senior Brand Manager role at Starbucks, Sade is now a Global Product Marketer at Peloton. With each career move, Sade has honed her skills and evolved as a leader.  Sade also share...

Nicole DeKay is a researcher and PhD candidate working with the company Moving Beyond in the diversity, inclusion, and equity space, and her research and work are centered around workplace experiences. In this episode, Nicole discusses psychometrics and how her personal experiences inspired her research. She provides an overview of the book The Body Keeps the Score, which is the basis of her disse...

On this episode of Fierce Lab, Tara talks with Carey Shuffman, Head of the Women’s Segment at UBS, a global financial services firm. Carey and her team focus specifically on women’s financial needs to increase their participation and awareness. In their discussion, Carey provides some eye-opening statistics and offers advice on how women can begin participating in their finances or level up if the...

Encore release from 2020.  Cate Luzio spent over 15 years in corporate banking and during that time she observed a lot of women's careers stalling - not from a lack of desire to advance but from a lack of knowledge and resources to help them advance.  As Cate learned to navigate networking, new skill development and speaking up for opportunities, others - both men and women - took notice and sough...

On this episode of Fierce Lab, Tara talks to Nicholle Overkamp, a personal financial expert and business coach who runs the Wilcox Financial Group, which focuses on financial planning, and PowHERhouse Money Coaching, which focuses on financial coaching. She aims to help women develop positive money mindsets and get started or level up in financial planning and investing. In this episode, Nicholle...

On this episode of Fierce Lab, Tara talks with Keely Cat-Wells, an entrepreneur and disability advocate who founded C Talent, a talent agency that represents deaf and disabled artists, athletes, and influencers. Keely is also on Forbes 30 under 30 and the advisory board of Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation. In their conversation, Keely discusses taking risks, handling pushback, the issues of ab...

On this episode of Fierce Lab, Tara talks with Kathy Hines who is the Chief Marketing Officer of Dickies. Dickies’ is a 100-year-old brand, and their purpose is to champion the dignity of work. Kathy held several international positions for the VF corporation before transitioning to her role as the CMO.  Kathy and Tara discuss personal responsibilities and creating a level playing field for all wo...

LaShae Baskin is Principal and Managing Director of the Austin office of Huckabee, an architecture firm. On this episode of Fierce Lab, LaShae tells us about the risks she's taken in her career journey, offering advice on "finding the gaps" to add value and planning for problems before they come fires.  She also offers her experience and tried-and-true tips to become a successful leader.  LaShae a...

Andrea Paris is an attorney who has implemented a daily meditation practice into her life. She discusses with Tara what led to her adopting this practice, including the role that the pandemic played. Andrea describes how mediation is a practice of letting go rather than of achieving emptiness in your mind. She gives us tips for getting started and covers the benefits of mediation . At the end of t...

On this episode of Fierce Lab, Mita Mallick, Top LinkedIn Voice 2020 and thought leader in the diversity, inclusion, and equity space joins us to share her experience of growing her personal brand via the LinkedIn platform. Mita gives us tips on how to engage on LinkedIn and to maximize your visibility. She discusses the value of the LinkedIn community and the professional benefits. We also talk a...

Alex Williamson, CEO and co-founder of Asteya, and previously the Chief Brand Officer of Bumble, shares her transformative healing journey.  She started with Asteya, an insurance company that helps protect one's income, to bring income protection to the forefront.  During our conversation, Alex discusses the importance of mental and physical health as well as financial health. She tells her story...

Laura Baldwin is the Managing Director of Golden Seeds, an angel investment network that invests in women owned and women led businesses. In our conversation she share the foundational elements that every founder should know when looking to bring on investors to their business. Laura discusses more about Golden Seeds and their office hours, the types of businesses that need outside funding, the di...

On this episode of Fierce Lab, Kate Tonda, Senior Director at Walmart, discusses how to navigate challenging career conversations, the importance of raising your hand for the right things, how to best allocate your time in professional relationships and projects, and the downside of women's desire to be liked. Challenging conversations Conflict and confrontation are often avoided, however, being w...

Latese Hickson, a Senior Brand Marketing Manager at Foot Locker, sits down with Tara to discuss taking a risk by changing her career path.   She offers tips for owning the room, getting comfortable with being uncomfortable and how each of those can lead to success.  Also, Latese discusses being the only female voice on the Foot Locker Men’s team and her advice for leaning into that dynamic. Taking...

Dee C. Marshall, CEO of Diverse & Engaged, is an influencer and award-winning business owner as well as a thought leader on equity, diversity, and inclusion. She is a serial curator with bright ideas that are an outgrowth of passion and her focus on women’s growth and development and not just living life by default. In this episode Dee discusses the importance of recognizing your own unique brilli...

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This episode of Fierce Lab, we're trying something different, what we're calling In Conversation With.  Tara sits down with her good friend Chelsee Adams, a creative consultant to discuss Chelsee’s background and starting their own businesses.  They discuss the value of being a generalist, networking, when it is time to take a break from stressful work, and how to visualize success.  Throughout th...

The Community of SEVEN, a leadership development program, was created by Lan Pham to bring people together in a community to help change the world for the better. The pivots and risks Lan took throughout her life prepared her for her role in creating the program, and she believes that living your purpose and values will help you achieve success in your life and in bettering the world. On this epis...

Channing Beumer, is the founder of CNK Daily an online community with the goal and purpose of serving, educating, and empowering women in the sneaker and streetwear space, with a focus on Black and Brown women. On this episode we discuss the how to evaluate personal and professional risk, the importance of building something greater than yourself and how putting a stake in the ground can lead you...

On this episode we chat with Kim Smith about the challenges that parents face with raising teens today, how to deal with their access to technology, and we explore why kids are less interested in getting their driver’s license now. She is the founder of the ministry Beautifully Broken and author of Beautifully Broken: Forged through Fire, Up from Ashes, as well as the nonprofit she started with he...

Gaining financial security can seem like an intimidating process, but the most important thing you can do is to just take the leap and get started, says Financial Content Creator, Ashley Kilroy.  On this episode of the podcast we discuss the building blocks of financial security.  From figuring out how much money you have coming in and going out to making a budget, building an emergency fund, to m...

Brooke Lively helps entrepreneurs sleep better at night.  I should know, I'm one she has helped.  Brooke is the founder and CEO of Cathedral Capital, a company that helps business owners become profitable and thriving.  Her company provides financial strategy as well as outsourced CFO, accounting and bookkeeping services. Brooke and her team have worked with hundreds of businesses and over the cou...

This month we're kicking off our Women and Money series.  We wanted to bring you one of our most listened to episodes with Jacqueline Twillie that originally aired December 3, 2020. Jacqueline and her company ZeroGap are on a mission to eliminate the gender wage gap.  One way she works toward this goal is by teaching women to negotiate to increase the longevity of women in leadership roles within...